Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Jan Harold Brunvand (1933- ) was a professor of English and folklore. He taught at the University of Idaho, Moscow (1961-65),
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (1965-66), and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. The collection consists
of typescript and galleys of “A guide to folklore in America,” the working title for
The study of American folklore (1968) edited by Brunvand and related correspondence.

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Brunvand was born March 23, 1933 in Cadillac, Michigan; BA and MA, Michigan State University (1955 and 1957); attended University
of Oslo, 1956-57; PhD., Indiana University, 1961; assistant professor of English, University of Idaho, Moscow, 1961-65; associate
professor of English, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1965-66; associate professor (1966-71) and professor (1971-
) of English and folklore, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; author of
The vanishing hitchhiker: American urban legends and their meanings (1981); editor,
The study of american folklore (1968); author of syndicated column, “Urban legends,” 1987-92.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of typescript and galleys of book edited by Brunvand, “A guide to folklore in America,” the working title
for
The study of American folklore (1968); includes related correspondence.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Brunvand, Jan Harold--Archives.

Brunvand, Jan Harold.
Study of American folklore.

Folklorists--United States--Archival resources.

Universities and colleges--Faculty--Archival resources.

Manuscripts for publication.

Container List

Papers, 1966-

Creator/Collector: Brunvand, Jan Harold

Physical Description: (1 box)

Scope and Content Note

Includes the original typescript and galleys of
A guide to folklore in America, published by W.W. Norton, New York, 1968; and a folder of correspondence relating to the book.